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  UK: Government warns of nuclear terror threat
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News DateWednesday, March 25, 2009 06:25:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAn increase in the theft and smuggling of dangerous materials means that terrorists are more likely to be able to use weapons such as a dirty bomb, according to the report.

The warning comes in the Government's counter-terrorism strategy document called Contest 2, the most significant redrafting of the Government's fight against violent extremists for six years.

The report warns: "Contemporary terrorist organisations aspire to use chemical, biological, radiological and even nuclear weapons.

"Changing technology and the theft and smuggling of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive materials make this aspiration more realistic than it may have been in the recent past."

Launching the report, Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said: "Failed states, conflict and technology contribute to our concern about the threat, including what we know about what terrorists want to do and are planning to do."

The report adds that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have allowed terrorists to develop more sophisticated types of improvised bombs.

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